Ace ventura 2: when nature calls
The LOTR trilogy
The Emperors new groove
Hercules (origional animated disney version)
A Knights Tale
Hot FuzzIronically enough, Groundhog Day.
The Big Lebowski. Simultaneously ridiculous and incredibly sophisticated. People who think its “just” a stoner comedy may have some more viewings to go 🙂
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
I never realized it was considered a stoner comedy! It’s quite a bit better than one I’ve seen in that category!
It gets the stoner comedy reputation as the dude is stoned throughout. He’s a character in the movie though, not then full tone. That’s probably why it’s so good. It blends so many genres with an interesting interweaving plot and wonderful dialogue.
It’s a deserved reputation as it’s great to watch stoned. Especially when the dude is confused and so are you. Or the psychedelic sequences. However it’s also not deserved as it’s so much cleverer than that with differen levels. A stoner comedy doesn’t normally have a coherent plot and levels.
Interesting. When my husband suggested we watch it, ages ago really early on in our relationship, I had asked him what category it was. I also asked him just now. Just now he went “Oh that’s difficult but broadly speaking it’s a comedy”. I said “I asked that question of you when you showed it to me like 15 years ago. So you know what you said then?” “No, what did I say then?” “You called it a dark comedy because someone died” (because I was and am sensitive to that) He nodded and said “Makes sense”
Don’t be fatuous.
Especially when you dive into the fan made theories, like Donny is a figment of Walters imagination, Walter killed his ex-wife and her husband, the dude is the big Lebowski’s illegitimate son.
I don’t think the Dude could be his illegitimate son since that’s part of the reason Maude referred him to that doctor. He wouldn’t have been very “thorough” if he missed that they were related.
Maude is the step daughter. Her unborn child would be the heir.
That’s going off the deep end for me. I prefer the interpretation that its a video essay on masculinity. “What makes a man a man?” is the central tenet of that movie, and personally, knowing that was a really crystallizing moment that made all the bullshit fall aside. I read a beautifully succinct essay about this somewhere and will look for the link.
Roll tide.
Moooulllttteeee Paaassssssss
The Fifth Element
wow the 5th element for me too. Always thought I was weird but his movie is great
also tropic thunder lol
- Lord of the Rings trilogy
- The Matrix
- Dodgeball
- South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
- Best in Show
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Pride and Prejudice (2005)
- Jennifer’s Body
- Die Hard
- The Cabin in the Woods
Alien
Aliens
Too bad they didn’t make any more of them.
Yup really glad they never Resurrected the franchise
Romulus is better than it has any right to be. The Alien 3 “Assembly Cut” is also decent. Not good, but not awful.
Best movies ever? Maybe. Maybe.
Office Space
I could set the building on fire…
PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?
It’s wild how relatable it still is nearly 30 years later.
No matter what I watch, I get old regardless :(
Life of brian
I raise you The Holy Grail.
Blasphemer! You’re only making it worse for yourself!
The Meaning of Life; Jabberwocky & Brazil if you’re adventurous (Gilliam’s hand directing, these last 2).
The good old Blues Brothers boys.
“No, ma’am, we’re musicians.”
Hackers. Yes, it’s corny - cheesy, even - but it had a great cast with awesome chemistry, and it did a great job at capturing the zeitgeist of hacker/punk culture. Plus so many memorable quotes…
Hack the planet!
CLI + VR and specially GPUs to be able to hack in those UI… For a moment while watching Superman (2025) I had those flashbacks (Luthor’s employees in fight scenes).
Shit I haven’t seen the new Superman, is it any good?
I’m also giggling at the thought of spending that kind of money on a VR headset just to use for a console lol
Shit I haven’t seen the new Superman, is it any good?
It’s fair.
spoiler
I still can’t believe that many people in the US were complaining about Superman’s principles…
You are forgetting the soundtrack! Its still amazing and slaps!
The Thing (1982)
It’s my favorite movie of all time and I watch it every October.
I watched this for the umpteenth time just last night! Always a good one.
Looks like i just found my people.
Idiocracy
There’s something about that close-to-home dystopian outlook that calms me. Now go away, I’m batin’!
I liked it a long time ago, but last time I watched it I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much. The eugenics annoys me far more than it used to, and most of the humor is just crass and doesn’t have a meaning. They aren’t using it to say anything larger.
Meanwhile the themes of the movie are anti-capitalist (sort of, without the philosophy of considering why it causes issues) and anti-populist. It has something to say, but I feel like they’re far too careful to say it. Its got a veil of critique, but without wanting to make too many waves, because it’s still a big budget capitalist movie at the end of the day.
I feel like it makes a lot of people feel smug and turns them into reactionary anti-establishment conspiracy theorists, because it only says “this is bad and stupid” but doesn’t give you anywhere to go with that.
I like money.
Its a little darker but have you seen god bless america?
I have not, but I’ll check it out some time. The trailer makes me think of NBK.
NBK?
Natural Born Killers. I think it’s the whole “killer duo” and cultural obsessions that linked them together for me.
But it’s been a while since I watched NBK, too, so maybe I’ll have to do these two back to back!
Groundhog Day
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Megamind
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
The Princess Bride
The thing about Groundhog Day is that you only have to watch it once to have seen it several times.
I live that movie every damn day
Wish they’d make a new release for the 4k version of Pirates. From what I’ve heard the one out now is pretty bad in terms of color grading and detail.
